Pill-making machine.



No. 704,867. Patented July :5, I902.

" .1. N. DEWS.

PILL mums MACHINE.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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. I IiBYWA AYTORNE rs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS N DEVVS, OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.

PILL-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 704,867, dated July 15, 1902.

Application filed December 7, 1901. Serial No. 85,011; (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS N. Dnws, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of My invention is an improvement in machines for making pills, andhas for an object to provide a simple novel construction by which the roll of material may be cut into the desired number of sections .to provide the number of pills-prescribed in anyinstaucegand the invention consists in certainrnovel constructions and combinations of parts, as

will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine as in'use'. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of'the base-section, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective viewof the cutter-section.

The device, as shown, consists of the ,base section A and the cutter-sectionB, which are radially detachable when connected,as shown in Fig. 2. The base-section A isprovided at one edge of its plate-A with the tongues or strips a, which extend upwardlyfiand then forwardly-so the roll C of materialmayfit heneaththe said tongues, as shown-in Fig.- 2;

The tongues are of equal width and are spaced apart at a topermit theplayof the knives D of the cutter-section B, and-thesetongues are preferably numbered from H 1 to 12, as

shown in Fig. ,3, for convenience in applying the machine to the roll of material for cutting the desired number of pills from said roll, as will be understood bythose skilled in the art. At its edge opposite the tongues a, the plate A is provided with a returned strip or portion E, which forms a keeper for the rear edge of'the plate B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The plate 13 has a handle B, is fitted at its rear edge N. to be held in the keeper E, so it can he-readily applied to and detached from the base-plate A, and said plate B is provided at its front edge with the roll B from which project the cutters D, and is curved upwardly from its edge B toward the said cutters, so it will normally occupy the position shown in Fig. 2, with the cutters elecutthe mass into sections.

vated, so they will overlie the roll C, placed beneath the tongues a, as shown in Fig. 2.

It-is preferred to make both sections A and Hot spring material, so that the cutter-sec tion will normally stand in the position shown in FigsIl'and 2 and will return to such position when r'ele'ased'after being depressed to It will be noticed the sections-A and B are readily fitted together and detached, so they can be thoroughly'cleansed after each operation.

While the spring of the sections is usually sufficient to throw the section B to the position shown in Fig. 2, it will be noticed the handle B is so formed as to operate as a lever and force the cutter-section to the position shown in said figure. This is efiected by elongating the handle B in the direction of the blades D, securing it at its end adjacent to said blades to the plate B, and having its lower edge at its opposite end separated from and spaced-apart from the plate 13, so the handlegwill readily operate as a lever in forcing the cutter-blades to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

- It will be noticed from Figs. 1, 2, and4= that the machine as a whole, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or the section B alone may be used to roll the mass into a roll, as shown in Fig. 2, and then divide it into eq ual parts. The invention .wilLnot only facilitate the division of the roll accuratelylinto equal parts, but will enablethis result being'se'cured with great accuracy.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The pillmaking machine herein described consisting of the base section composed of a plate provided at its front edge with tongues spaced apart for the cutters and at its rear edge with a returned portion forming a keeper and the cutter-section having its rear edge fitted detachably in the-keeper of the base-plate and its front edgenormally sprung apart from the base-plate and provided with blades operating between the I tongues of the said base-plate substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a pill-making machine of the base-section provided at its rear edge with aforwardly-openin g keeper and the cutter-section fitted at its rear edge detachably in said keeper and provided at its front edge with blades for dividing the mass into sections substantially as set forth.

. 3. A pill-making machine comprising the base, the cutter-section held at its rear edge to the base and provided at its front edge with blades and sprung at its front edge normally away from the base and the handle se cured at its front end to the cutter-section and elongated in the direction of the blades, and free at its rear end from the cutter-section whereby the said handle may operate with a lever action, substantially as set forth.

4. A pill-making. machine consisting of the base provided at its front edge with a spacedapart tongue and the cutter-section held at its rear edge to the base and provided witha transverse roll and with blades projecting therefrom at the front edge of the cutter-section substantially as set forth.

5. A pill-making machine consisting of the base-plate having a returned rear edge forming a keeper and provided at its front edge with the upwardly and forwardly projecting tongues spaced apart and the cutter-section fitting at its rear edge detachably in the keeper formed by the returned edge of the base-section and provided at its front edge with blades operating between the tongues of the base-section substantially asset forth.

6. A pillmaking machine comprising a base-section and a cutter-section held together at their rear edges and sprung apart at their opposite edges and a handle secured at its 

